Cow-tail holder.



L. 0. JUNKIN.

COW TAIL HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 20, 1912.

1,057,845. Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

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LEUEIILIN O. JUN 'KIN, OF STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI.

COW-TAIL HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Y

Patented Apr. 1, 1913.

Application filed July 20, 1912. Serial No. 710,700.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEUELLIN O. J UNKIN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Starkville,

in the county of Oktibbeha and State of Mississippi, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Cow-Tail Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing.

This invention relates to cow tail holders,

v and has for its object the production of a cheap and durable holder ofthe class described which is so formed as to be entirely out of the waywhen in use.

Another object of this invention is the production of a cow tail holderformed from a single strand of wire, and is so constructed as to notannoy the animal when in use.

With these and other objeots'in view, the invention consists in generalof certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts aswill be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, is a perspective view of the tail holderwhen in use. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device. Fig. 3 is asection taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of thearrow. 7 By referring to the accompanying drawings by numerals, it willbe seen that this evice consists of a pair of bowed arms 1 and 2 whichare connected at their inner ends by the coil spring 3. The arm 1extends in the same direction as the arm 2, and is provided near itsouter end with the laterally bent portion 4. which terminates in theretaining hook 5, said retaining book 5 being provided with the upturnedtip 6. The arm extends a considerable distance beyond the bent portion4, and terminates in the two parallel spring arms 7, one of the sprinarms 7 being provided with the out-turns portion 8.

It will be seen by use of the retaining loop, a double locking means isformed since 2 within the retaining loop 5, but should is then sliFigure 1 the coil spring 3 weaken, the retaining loop 5 will hold thespring arm 7 independently of said spring. v When in use the device isplaced upona hind leg of a cow, and the tail of the cow ped within theout-turned portion 8 an iback between the two spring arms 7. Thesespring arms 7 will grip the lower portion of the tail and securely holdthe same. The arm 2 will then be placed in the retaining loop 5 by meansof the upturned tip 6; In this manner a tail holder has been producedwhich is constructed of a single piece of wire which is so formed as toproduce a' cheap and eflicient means for securely holding the tail, andpreventing the cow from switching the same. There has thus beendescribed a simple and efficient device of the character described, andfor the purpose specified.

aving thus described the invention,

what is claimed as new, is Y A cow tail holder of the class describedcomprising a pair of bowed arms, a coil" spring carried by the inner endof said bowed arms, one-of said bowed arms terminating in a bent portionsaid bent portion terminating in a retalning loop provided with anupturned tip, the other of said bowed arms extending for a considerabledistance beyond said bent port-ion of said first mentioned arm andterminating in a pair of parallel spring arms, one of said spring armsterminating in an out-turned portion, whereby the tail of the cow may beeasily inserted and secured by said spring arms, and said upturned tipacting as a guiding means for placing said spring arms within said loop,said retaining loop and said coil spring acting as a double securingmeans for preventing said tail holder from becoming accidentallyremoved.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

'LEUELLIN o. JUNKIN.

Witnesses:

L. H. NICKELS, O. E. GREENE.

